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ooiong & drinking t h il f pbmi o bermuda jk recorder un tfj^'^m^k - r 3#g*j 1 i poiivis ltd be agents purvis ltd published bi-weekly price gd wednesdays 1 saturdays uk volume xxxiii hamilton bermuda wednesday october 31 1956 no 26 jjnrestricted tv assembly gets report system fl h * ttsb ________ b__m â– "-* y^w krjf â– â– a jmm mmr^m^mm mm mm jt^-^^mo^r^mmm^m h j ' t"tl mmjmt zzj p^h 3 be 1 jf jl**__^fka h^b rf^__^_____^!_______l e_t \ ; h mmr " m f ft_2p^^f^!!_jl ____Â» * j â€¢ ' "^ for bermuda now on a certainty of education satisfactory arrangements for island-wide coverage of tele vision broadcasts from the united states air force's station at kindley field have been reached between the air force authori ties and the bermuda government the house of assembly was informed on monday Â« a report on the operation of bermuda's dual school system during 1955 was submitted to the house of assembly on monday for information of hon members the report was signed by mr c g g gilbert who resigned as director of education a few months ago and approved by the hon h t watlington chairman of the board of education a copy of an agreement which is to be signed shortly was sent to the house by the governor for the information of hon members accompany ing the message was a revise bill aimed at tightening the control over erection of out side television aerials a local company signify its in tention of commencing tele vision broadcasts the gov ernor told the house w â– m w " * in i n ' l y*^w f : t 58 r â€¢ â– . a . ..._ iji|^^3-^s^_3_s_hbi wÂ»s w ''' . . -â– - m^mmmmm\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\mi mr gilbert went to consider able pain to point out that the report was set forth along lines recommended by the secretary of state for the colonies in a despatch dated september 2 1955 with a view to lightening the labour involved in compil ing annual education reports on the lines previously pres cribed education deals in a general way with the board and de partment of education vested and non-vested schools free and non-free schools scholar ships and school organization under anther article of the agreement the base under takes that discretion will be exercised in selecting pro grammes to be broadcast and that as far as possible pro - <^ the governor noted that with the increased power necessary for island wide television it was not expected that outside tv aerials would be necessary except in isolated cases the bill was set down for consideration by the house when it meets on monday next ., . _, .__.â– ,,. ,^, f^^.y^mÂ«w â– im*t6.-r~tm*,.-,,09jm with regard to finance it is stated that the total expendi ture on education from colon ial revenue was 513.596 in 1955 compared with an expend iture of 405,049 for the pre ceding year a larger expendi ture on school buildings was mainly responsible for this substantial increase the direc tor added , â– " i than prcn grainmes relating specifically to the activities of the i'.s.a.f broadcast for island wide reception are of a char acter which takes fully into account the needs and prefer ences of the public of bermuda as well as of the personnel of the united states bases gran lines i certain modifications he added that the recom mendations had been followed with certain additions and modifications to meet local re quirements shortly after the governor's message was released in the house a local syndicate see page 2 1 announced plans to set up bermuda's first privafe iv owned television station that station is hoped to be in operation towards the end of next year \ however the report once again conceals the true nature of the colony's educational set-up it hides the unneces sary duplication of facilities and the resultant wastage of public funds behind such high sounding terms as the ber muda centre and the ber muda berkeley centre the customary figures on school attendance during the year could not be given be cause of destruction of records during the hamilton fire how ever it is stated that the at tendance during one term was adversely affected owing to epidemics of chicken-pox and measles the government also shall have the right to nominate one or more persons ofr concerns to broadcast non-commercial news television programmes from the base television facil ity and the base will afford facilities at times to be mutually agreed for such per sons or concevus to be broad east free of any charge from the base facility for reasonable periods amounting in the ag gregate to at least 30 minutes during each day's transmis sion the end of an era is pictured above as the last of 60 royal xaval admirals who have had their headquarters in bermuda during the past 150 years prepares to take his leave in the top picture vice-admiral sir john eaton inspects the naval guard of honour at the farewell ceremony held at albuoys point t at noon yesterday below he gives his last salute before stepping off the speaker's dais and boarding the barge which carried him and lady eaton to the ocean monarch â€” photos by ed kelly one of the provisions of the agreement between the air force authorities and the gov ernment allows the ove'rn ment to give six months notice should the government require of island-wide tv broadcasts from the base this should be ample notice should severs 150 year link salvation army for instane the report states there are two centres for the cambridge local examinations in bermuda known as the ber muda and the bermuda berke ley centres it gives no ex planation about the necessity of this duality congress opens at the end of the year there were 8,082 pupils enrolled in the maintained and aided schools and 1,067 in the private schools making a total enrol ment of 9,149 or whom 4,491 were boys and 4,659 girls this compared with the total enrolment at the end of 1954 which was 8,770 last of british admirals sails away in historic departure tonight the system of education woman unbuttons sweater arriving in the colony this week to conduct the annual salvation army rally which opens tonight was colonel william davidson second-in command of the army in canada and bermuda the section of the report dealing with the system of for judge and jury at sundown last evening the flag of the commander-in chief of the royal navy's america and west indies station was lowered for the last time in bermuda and the last of 60 british admirals who have had their headquarters hete in peace and war sailed away > british and french paratroops reported heading for suez canal zone mrs dacosta collins takes stand in the congress will get under way with a welcome rally at the hamilton citadel at 8 o'clock tonight it will be climaxed on sunday with a citizen's rally at the wesley methodist church at 3 p.m his excellency the governor sir john woodall will preside and colonel davidson will de liver the address the man who had the du bious honour of writing this final chapter in this 150-year old history was viee-admiral sr john eaton who is en route to norfolk virginia where he hunt who will be the royal navy's senior officer on the station and commander jack resident naval officer the reputation of my service would be in safe keeping attempted murder case mrs adelaide georgina collins nee dacosta bared her body to the judge and jury of the supreme court this morning when she took the stand to plead self-defense on the night she alleged ly stabbed her former lover jeffery carter at her home in south ampton will establish permanent head quarters as deputy supreme commander north atlantic for n.a.t.o nicosia cyprus october 31 â€” plane-laods of british and french paratroopers were said to be taking off from nicosia airport in cyprus at dawn today heading for the suez canal zone following expiration of the ultimatum to egypt and israel to stop fighting and withdraw 10 miles from the canal never another he told the gathering that when his flag would be lowered at admiralty house last eve ning there would never be an other to take its place admir alty house would be returned to the bermuda government which had given it to the royal navy 150 years ago collins unbuttoned her cash mere sweater to show the jury where she claimed carter had previously wounded her during the stormy four years they lived together the woman is charged with attempting to murder carter also with wounding to cause grevious bodily harm and with send ing carter a note threatening to kill him at an impressive departure ceremony at albouy's point yesterday noon the admiral said regretfully that the shrink age of the station was such that the appointment of a flag officer as commander-in-chief was no longer justified five named to the british and french gov ernment delivered the ultim atum after israeli armed forces struck deep into egypt's sinai peninsula on monday and ad vanced more than 110 miles in land to some 18 miles of the canal nursing home these sources admittedly with out last-minute military infor mation from either country be lieve israel has a better air fotce than egypt but ranks second to that country in study publications auxiliary marking censorship bill admiral eaton said that as he afalked for the last time down the corridor of admir alty house for the last time and saw the names of his pre decessors i thought their eyes would be on me and that your mayor williams kind remarks would be for them as well 20th anniversary a naval guard of honour to gether with troops from the british garrison at prospect took part in the farewell his excellency the governor lieut.-general sir john woodall members of the legislature and ranking american and british civil and military officials attended the ceremony armor egyptian army headquarters in cairo apparently was stun ned by the audacity of the israeli blow on monday cairo's united states-built interna tional airport was closed sud denly to commercial planes it ean handle the jet planes of egypt's air force the strength of forces figures five members were named by the speaker of the house of assembly on monday to comprise a select committee to study the controversial bill aimed at banning the circula tion of indecent publications can change daily as mobiliza tion proceeds if israel mobil ized completely these inform ants believe she can field about 250,000 men both countries are equipped with a variety of foreign arms which compounds their supply and maintenance problems israel has some f-86 jet fighters plus some french made mysteres and reportedly some piston-engine f-51 mus tangs she has two british made destroyers egypt's army of about 90,000-100.000 men has a be wildering variety of arms in cluding belgian semi-automa tic rifles and bazookas czech made light weapons swedish light and medium machine guns french mortars and bri tish and soviet artillery the case is being heard by the chief justice the hon sir j t gilbert appearing for the crown is the solicitor general mr hector barcilon while mr arnold francis is counsel for the accused the 20th anniversary of the cottage hospital nursing home will be observed on sunday next when members and their friends will attend a thanksgiving service at st paul's a.m.e church at 4:15 p.m thank you for your kindness and hospitality to the royal navy in times good and bad and for your unswerving loyal ty to the_british empire thank you for the happy home whieh has been the home of admirals for many many years good bye good luck and god bless you all declared admiral collins is alleged to have sent carter the note after she discovered he had transferred his affections to her best friend mrs amy dunmoyet with whom she lived in the colony the government-backed cairo newspaper al gumhurriya's headline reads israel begins war other cairo newspapers carried similar headlines the first president of the auxiliary was miss adele tucker m.b.e a retired school teacher the present head of the group is mrs ida j smith the farewell address was given bv the mayor of hamil ton the wor e r williams m.c.p chosen were the hon h t watlington chairman of the board of education who spon sored the bill and messrs d c smith l m barnes harley barnes and c v burch in responding admiral eaton spoke of his deep re gret that his appointment was terminating he added that he was consoled with the thought that in the hands of captain struck at barren spot both al gumhurriya and army headquarters insisted the israelis struck at relatively un important point the news paper said no egyptian troops were stationed there the army said the point is a barren desert where there is only one frontier check post on the night of september 24 when carter was wounded he went to movies with mrs when he returned home he discovered that his clothing had been taken by mrs collins she claimed she had bought them for him he went to her house to retrieve them but she ordered him out carter refused to leave until personal and social eaton the bill was nearly killed when first brought up for debate last week members thought it was too broad and indefinite and vested too much power in the hands of the commissioner of police who would be the sole arbter of what literature would fall in the so-ealled undesirable cate on sunday another cere mony in connection with the ending of bermuda's long his tory as headquarters of the america and west indies station took place when the queen's colour was laid up in the bermuda cathedral a parade preceded the church ceremony at which the gov ernor and admiral eaton took the salute in front street austria switzerland italy and new york mr and mrs arthur benn of king street hamilton cele brated their silver anniversary on sunday when they were at home to a large gathering of of friends mrs benn re turned to the colony last week after an extensive tour which took her to london paris guests at the imperial hotel are mr and mrs sydney abbott of new york they arrived last sunday and wiil be bete until november 3 both are employed as bakers and he works for the national bis cuit company washington oct 30 informants believe egypt usually reliable sources estim has three infantry and one ated yesterday tljat israel cur armored division with enough rently has about 150,000 men soviet equipment to supply at in uniform as compared with least one-half dozen more in egypt's approximately 125,000 continued on page 6 he got what he came for he *Â« said after an exchange of the next thing he knew he was stabbed in the chest gory insist on snofccrop whole orange orange juice

ooiong & drinking t h il f pbmi o bermuda jk recorder un tfj^'^m^k - r 3#g*j 1 i poiivis ltd be agents purvis ltd published bi-weekly price gd wednesdays 1 saturdays uk volume xxxiii hamilton bermuda wednesday october 31 1956 no 26 jjnrestricted tv assembly gets report system fl h * ttsb ________ b__m â– "-* y^w krjf â– â– a jmm mmr^m^mm mm mm jt^-^^mo^r^mmm^m h j ' t"tl mmjmt zzj p^h 3 be 1 jf jl**__^fka h^b rf^__^_____^!_______l e_t \ ; h mmr " m f ft_2p^^f^!!_jl ____Â» * j â€¢ ' "^ for bermuda now on a certainty of education satisfactory arrangements for island-wide coverage of tele vision broadcasts from the united states air force's station at kindley field have been reached between the air force authori ties and the bermuda government the house of assembly was informed on monday Â« a report on the operation of bermuda's dual school system during 1955 was submitted to the house of assembly on monday for information of hon members the report was signed by mr c g g gilbert who resigned as director of education a few months ago and approved by the hon h t watlington chairman of the board of education a copy of an agreement which is to be signed shortly was sent to the house by the governor for the information of hon members accompany ing the message was a revise bill aimed at tightening the control over erection of out side television aerials a local company signify its in tention of commencing tele vision broadcasts the gov ernor told the house w â– m w " * in i n ' l y*^w f : t 58 r â€¢ â– . a . ..._ iji|^^3-^s^_3_s_hbi wÂ»s w ''' . . -â– - m^mmmmm\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\mi mr gilbert went to consider able pain to point out that the report was set forth along lines recommended by the secretary of state for the colonies in a despatch dated september 2 1955 with a view to lightening the labour involved in compil ing annual education reports on the lines previously pres cribed education deals in a general way with the board and de partment of education vested and non-vested schools free and non-free schools scholar ships and school organization under anther article of the agreement the base under takes that discretion will be exercised in selecting pro grammes to be broadcast and that as far as possible pro - british and french paratroops reported heading for suez canal zone mrs dacosta collins takes stand in the congress will get under way with a welcome rally at the hamilton citadel at 8 o'clock tonight it will be climaxed on sunday with a citizen's rally at the wesley methodist church at 3 p.m his excellency the governor sir john woodall will preside and colonel davidson will de liver the address the man who had the du bious honour of writing this final chapter in this 150-year old history was viee-admiral sr john eaton who is en route to norfolk virginia where he hunt who will be the royal navy's senior officer on the station and commander jack resident naval officer the reputation of my service would be in safe keeping attempted murder case mrs adelaide georgina collins nee dacosta bared her body to the judge and jury of the supreme court this morning when she took the stand to plead self-defense on the night she alleged ly stabbed her former lover jeffery carter at her home in south ampton will establish permanent head quarters as deputy supreme commander north atlantic for n.a.t.o nicosia cyprus october 31 â€” plane-laods of british and french paratroopers were said to be taking off from nicosia airport in cyprus at dawn today heading for the suez canal zone following expiration of the ultimatum to egypt and israel to stop fighting and withdraw 10 miles from the canal never another he told the gathering that when his flag would be lowered at admiralty house last eve ning there would never be an other to take its place admir alty house would be returned to the bermuda government which had given it to the royal navy 150 years ago collins unbuttoned her cash mere sweater to show the jury where she claimed carter had previously wounded her during the stormy four years they lived together the woman is charged with attempting to murder carter also with wounding to cause grevious bodily harm and with send ing carter a note threatening to kill him at an impressive departure ceremony at albouy's point yesterday noon the admiral said regretfully that the shrink age of the station was such that the appointment of a flag officer as commander-in-chief was no longer justified five named to the british and french gov ernment delivered the ultim atum after israeli armed forces struck deep into egypt's sinai peninsula on monday and ad vanced more than 110 miles in land to some 18 miles of the canal nursing home these sources admittedly with out last-minute military infor mation from either country be lieve israel has a better air fotce than egypt but ranks second to that country in study publications auxiliary marking censorship bill admiral eaton said that as he afalked for the last time down the corridor of admir alty house for the last time and saw the names of his pre decessors i thought their eyes would be on me and that your mayor williams kind remarks would be for them as well 20th anniversary a naval guard of honour to gether with troops from the british garrison at prospect took part in the farewell his excellency the governor lieut.-general sir john woodall members of the legislature and ranking american and british civil and military officials attended the ceremony armor egyptian army headquarters in cairo apparently was stun ned by the audacity of the israeli blow on monday cairo's united states-built interna tional airport was closed sud denly to commercial planes it ean handle the jet planes of egypt's air force the strength of forces figures five members were named by the speaker of the house of assembly on monday to comprise a select committee to study the controversial bill aimed at banning the circula tion of indecent publications can change daily as mobiliza tion proceeds if israel mobil ized completely these inform ants believe she can field about 250,000 men both countries are equipped with a variety of foreign arms which compounds their supply and maintenance problems israel has some f-86 jet fighters plus some french made mysteres and reportedly some piston-engine f-51 mus tangs she has two british made destroyers egypt's army of about 90,000-100.000 men has a be wildering variety of arms in cluding belgian semi-automa tic rifles and bazookas czech made light weapons swedish light and medium machine guns french mortars and bri tish and soviet artillery the case is being heard by the chief justice the hon sir j t gilbert appearing for the crown is the solicitor general mr hector barcilon while mr arnold francis is counsel for the accused the 20th anniversary of the cottage hospital nursing home will be observed on sunday next when members and their friends will attend a thanksgiving service at st paul's a.m.e church at 4:15 p.m thank you for your kindness and hospitality to the royal navy in times good and bad and for your unswerving loyal ty to the_british empire thank you for the happy home whieh has been the home of admirals for many many years good bye good luck and god bless you all declared admiral collins is alleged to have sent carter the note after she discovered he had transferred his affections to her best friend mrs amy dunmoyet with whom she lived in the colony the government-backed cairo newspaper al gumhurriya's headline reads israel begins war other cairo newspapers carried similar headlines the first president of the auxiliary was miss adele tucker m.b.e a retired school teacher the present head of the group is mrs ida j smith the farewell address was given bv the mayor of hamil ton the wor e r williams m.c.p chosen were the hon h t watlington chairman of the board of education who spon sored the bill and messrs d c smith l m barnes harley barnes and c v burch in responding admiral eaton spoke of his deep re gret that his appointment was terminating he added that he was consoled with the thought that in the hands of captain struck at barren spot both al gumhurriya and army headquarters insisted the israelis struck at relatively un important point the news paper said no egyptian troops were stationed there the army said the point is a barren desert where there is only one frontier check post on the night of september 24 when carter was wounded he went to movies with mrs when he returned home he discovered that his clothing had been taken by mrs collins she claimed she had bought them for him he went to her house to retrieve them but she ordered him out carter refused to leave until personal and social eaton the bill was nearly killed when first brought up for debate last week members thought it was too broad and indefinite and vested too much power in the hands of the commissioner of police who would be the sole arbter of what literature would fall in the so-ealled undesirable cate on sunday another cere mony in connection with the ending of bermuda's long his tory as headquarters of the america and west indies station took place when the queen's colour was laid up in the bermuda cathedral a parade preceded the church ceremony at which the gov ernor and admiral eaton took the salute in front street austria switzerland italy and new york mr and mrs arthur benn of king street hamilton cele brated their silver anniversary on sunday when they were at home to a large gathering of of friends mrs benn re turned to the colony last week after an extensive tour which took her to london paris guests at the imperial hotel are mr and mrs sydney abbott of new york they arrived last sunday and wiil be bete until november 3 both are employed as bakers and he works for the national bis cuit company washington oct 30 informants believe egypt usually reliable sources estim has three infantry and one ated yesterday tljat israel cur armored division with enough rently has about 150,000 men soviet equipment to supply at in uniform as compared with least one-half dozen more in egypt's approximately 125,000 continued on page 6 he got what he came for he *Â« said after an exchange of the next thing he knew he was stabbed in the chest gory insist on snofccrop whole orange orange juice